About the Authors

Kathy Boon

Kathy.Boon@gmail.com

Affiliation National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Nathaniel W. Bailey

Affiliation National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Jun Yang

Affiliation National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark P. Steel

Affiliation Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Steve Groshong

Affiliation National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Dolly Kervitsky

Affiliation National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Kevin K. Brown

Affiliations National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Marvin I. Schwarz

Affiliation University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

David A. Schwartz

Affiliations National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB DK KKB DS. Performed the experiments: KB NWB JY SG. Analyzed the data: KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK KKB. Wrote the paper: KB DS. Contributed clinical data: MS DK KKB MS DS.